decision , the administrative court of baden @ - @ wurttemberg in mannheim said there were no indications that the teachings of scientology merely served as a pre ##text for commercial activity . in 2005 , the federal administrative court of germany explicitly granted a sci ##ent ##ologist protection under article 4 @ . @ 1 of the german constitution , which declares the freedom of religion and world ##view in ##vio ##late . many courts have declined to assess the religious status of scientology , finding that the question was irrelevant to deciding the case at hand . the federal administrative court for example ruled in 1997 that the question whether or not scientology was a religion was irrelevant , and that its legal status should be
decision, the administrative court of baden @ - @ wurttemberg in mannheim said there were no indications that the teachings of scientology merely served as a pretext for commercial activity. in 2005, the federal administrative court of germany explicitly granted a scientologist protection under article 4 @. @ 1 of the german constitution, which declares the freedom of religion and worldview inviolate. many courts have declined to assess the religious status of scientology, finding that the question was irrelevant to deciding the case at hand. the federal administrative court for example ruled in 1997 that the question whether or not scientology was a religion was irrelevant, and that its legal status should be